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All Stable Characteristic Classes of Homological Vector Fields

Mathematical Physics 2010-11-09 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

An odd vector field QQ on a supermanifold MM is called homological, if Q2=0Q^2=0. The operator of Lie derivative LQL_Q makes the algebra of smooth tensor fields on MM into a differential tensor algebra. In this paper, we give a complete classification of certain invariants of homological vector fields called characteristic classes. These take values in the cohomology of the operator LQL_Q and are represented by QQ-invariant tensors made up of the homological vector field and a symmetric connection on MM by means of tensor operations.

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@article{arxiv.1003.0542,
  title  = {All Stable Characteristic Classes of Homological Vector Fields},
  author = {E. Mosman and A. Sharapov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.0542},
  year   = {2010}
}

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